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oLARENcns. PERCY, or BAYoU SARA, LOUISIANA.

TRUCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 555,532, dated'March 3, 1896.

Application filed September` 13, 1895. Serial No. 562,435. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern,.-

Be itknown that I, CLARENCE S. PERCY,

a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Bayou Sara, in the parish of West Feliciana and State of Louisiana, have invented a new and useful Truck, of which the following is a speciiication. I

My invention relates to hand-trucks for use in warehouses, railway-depots, stores, dto.

My object is to provide a truck that will accommodate itself to turn in a narrow passage and that will enable one man to load au awk- Ot-her features of advantage will appear from the detailed description hereto annexed and the accompanying drawings illustrative of my invention.

/In the/drawings, Figure '1 isa perspective view of my'lmproved truck. Fig. 2 1s a sIde elevation thereof in position of loading. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section thereof. Fig. 4, is a horizontal section to show the run nin g-gear.

Fig. 5 isa cross-section through the fenderpivot, showin gthe rear handle-slideways, and Fig. 6 is a detail view of the handle.

Reference-numeral 1 designates the special platform of my truck. This comprisesa main beam 2, two side beams 3 parallel thereto, and iron or wooden transverse ods 4 securing said beams in place near their forward lends and a rear frame-piece 5 flush with the rear ends of said beams, to which it is rigidly secured by mortising or halvin g the parts together.

Beneath platform 1 y is comprising two wheels 6 loosely mounted at either end of axle 7. Axle 7 is free to swing on a central king-post 8 journaled at its upper end in the forward end of main beam 2, where lit is provided with a broad shoulder 9. to receive the weight of the truck. The kingthen axle and passes through the king-post 8 and is journaled in the lower end of a heavy bracket 12, which is inclined and located in advance of the axle and secured at its lower end to the same by 'the king-bolt and fastened at its upper end to the lower face of the central beam, 2.

Secured totheaxle 7 adjacent either end is a bracket arm 13, secured to the axle by a vertical pivot therethrough j ournaled in horizontal upper and lower ears 14, which emthe runnin g-gear,

'end 34 and parallel side pieces to form an opening and to lie on either side brace the axle. At their rear ends these arms 13 are provided with vertical ears 15, between holds 17. Near their rear ends rods 16 pass Y through guide-brackets 18, which comprise end hangers 19, which may be the same as the truck-legs, and intermediate hangers 2O,l secured together by allel to the base-support 21, above either hand-rod, is a friction-roller 22, which is journaled-at either end` in the adjacent hangers 19 and 20.

- By the construction just described it is evident that the axle 7 may be skewed around on its pivotA bylpulling on one hand-rod and pushing on the other. To secure said axle and traction-wheels in straight-ahead alignment I provide on the inside face of either hand-rod a wedge-shaped projection 23 hav-v ing a locking-notch 24 midway of its length opposite the hanger 20, said notch being provided on one of its faces, preferably the deeper rear face, with a retaining-spring 25. This is a leaf-spring which wedges over the hanger when the hand-rod is adjusted thereto by means of the notch 24.

The platform 1 carries pivoted thereto bym'eans of the pivot-rod 26, journaled through the forwardly-projecting and thickened ends of the side beams, 3, the package-lifter. This comprises the bottom beams, 27, secured to the abase-support 21. Parpivot-rod 26 midway of their length and carrying the lifting-shoe 28 at their outerl ends and secured together and to thehand-lever 29 at their inner ends by a transversev bolt 30.

. The hand-lever 29 is also securedto the pivotrod 26 at its outer end and extends slightly beyondthe platform at its rear end.

The hand-lever 29 is provided near its rear l end with a longitudinal slot 31, which extends longitudinally of a rectangular block or enlargement and which receives the bearing-rod 32 of the substantially L-shaped loading-fender 33. This loading-fender comprises a projecting inverted- U -shaped fender 35 spaced apart of the block or enlargement and connected at their rear ends on either side of the handlepost 36. Slot 31 is of sufficient length to al- IOO low t-he fender end Si to abut at its -bottom end in line with the bottom beams, 27, and then slide back until the top of the fender end 3-1 is adjacent to said bottom beams, 27.

The operation of my improved truck is as follows: The truck is moved up to the barrel, trunkor other'package to be loaded, andthe package-lifter is thrown over into vertical position with the forward edge of theliftingshoe 28 resting next to the floor immediately in front of the package. The truck is moved forward so that the loading-fender 33 comes in contact with the upper end of the package to push it over, thereby tipping up the lower near edge thereof. This permits the liftingshoe 28 to enter under the package. The fender-handle 36 is then released, which allows the package to drop back onto the lifting-shoe. The handle-lever 2f) of the package-lifter is then pulled over onto the truckplatform and the heavy package is loaded. If the package tends to shift as it is loaded, it may be steadied on the truck by sliding the loading-fender back in its slot until its end 3l is brought against the upper end of the package. Now if the exit for the truck is narrow and crooked it is not necessary t take a wide sweep in order to turn the truck, but lever-rods 16 are disengaged from the guide-brackets 18 and pushed or pulled respectively to skev. the running-gear properly on its king-post S. This permits the truck to turn within very narrow limits.

Many changes and substitutions in details of construction may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.

lVhat I claim is-- 1. 'lhe combination with a truck-body,"of running-gear having its axle vertically pivoted to said truck-body, a hand-rod pivoted to said axle at either side of its pivot, and suitable guide-brackets depending at the rear end of said truck-body and arranged to receive said hand-rods to reciprocate therethrough, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a truck-body, of running-gear having its axle vertically pvoted to said truck-body, a hand-rod pivoted to said axle at either side of its pivot, provided with a locking notch, and suitable guide-brackets depending at the rear end of said truck-body and arranged to receive said hand-rods to reciprocate therethrough and to be engaged by said notch, substantially as described.

3. The combination with a truck-body, of running-gear having its axle vertically pivoted to said truck-body, a hand-rod pivoted to said axle at either side of its pivot, provided with a locking-notch, and a retainingspring within said notch, and suitable guide brackets depending at the rear end of said truck-body provided in their upper side with friction-rollers and arranged to receive said hand-rods to reciprocate therethrough and to be engaged by said notch, substantially as described.

4. The combination of atruck-body,a package-lifter pivotally secured intermediate of its ends to the truck-body and provided at its front end with a lifting-shoe and having at its other end ahandle, and provided adjacent to the same with a rectangular block or enlargement having a longitudinal slot, a substantially L-shaped loading-fender having one portion parallel with the said shoe, and having in its other portion a longitudinal opening receiving the block or enlargement, and a pivot arranged in the slot of the block or enlargement and loosely connecting the adjacent portion of the loading-fender to the same, substantially as described.

5. In a hand-truck for moving heavy packages, the combination with a suitable platform-body, of a running-gear having its axle vertically pivotedjtosaid body and provided with two hand-rods pivoted to said axle, one on either side of its pivot and extending beyond the rear of said body through suitable guide-brackets provided to depend from the rear of said body, and a loading mechanism,

comprising a package-lifter extending beyond said body and horizontally pivoted thereto at its forward end, provided With a hand-lever rigid therewith and extending beyond the rear end of the platform-body, and a loadingfender loosely pivoted ina longitudinal slot provided in said lifting-lever, all substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own Ihave hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CLARENCE. S.4 PERCY.

Witnesses:

J. N. ANGLIN, G. W.' NEWMAN.

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